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"The Obama-Biden campaign today cancelled Sen. Biden's schedule Monday and Tuesday because of the passing of Jill Biden's mother, Bonny Jean Jacobs, this afternoon after a long illness. Other details will follow, but we appreciate everyone's respect for the family's privacy during this difficult time," says Biden spokesman David Wade.

SAMARRA — After two years of silence enforced by sectarian violence, prayers of Shia worshippers were echoed recently in Samarra’s Maqam Ghaybat Shrine, which is co-located with the ancient Al Askari Shrine. Shia faithful gathered the morning of Sept. 30 to pray to commemorate the end of Ramadan. “Hundreds of people were at the Mosque for the Eid celebration,” said Maj. Gen. Rasheed Flahe Mohammed, Samarra Operation Center Commander, who’s a Shia himself. “Today we are celebrating in the mosque. We are very happy.” The Samarra Operation Command’s comprehensive security strategy has bolstered the confidence and courage of the citizens...

Many of you have prayed for Eric and his son Matthew in the past. I am calling for Believers to petition the Father on behalf of Eric in light of recent news regarding cancerous lymph node activity. May the Name of God be glorified as we come together on behalf of Eric and his little boy. Please go to this web site for more details. Click here.

All, Thank you for your prayers for my coworkers daughter and her parents. This precious two week old girl had open heart surgery yesterday afternoon and there were complications. Here's the update: She "is back on the bypass machine, so it is doing all the work for her now. She has developed some additional complications and is in critical condition. It looks like they won’t be able to close her chest until at least Monday. They could possibly be in Philadelphia for a month." Please contine to pray for this little girl. We all know that nothing is impossible with...

9/01/08 3:12PM EST: [UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Credible sources tell YWN that the missing body of 39-year-old Naftoli Smolyansky Z”L, who went missing while on a boating trip in Lake Piru, California has just been found. Naftoli was in a boat on the lake with his 9-year-old son and his two daughters, ages 5 and 7 last Monday afternoon, when his youngest daughter fell overboard. He jumped in to save her, and managed to push his daughter back into the boat, but he R”L went under and did not resurface. Hundreds of people joined the massive search by air, land,...

QUOTES OF THE DAY Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate August 28, 2008 Dear Madam Speaker: (Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register the...

Friends, Like all Americans, we are closely monitoring Hurricane Gustav and are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of the residents in the Gulf States. Cindy and I are asking our most loyal friends and supporters to join our call for action to put Country First and support our fellow Americans affected by Hurricane Gustav. Now is the time to help our fellow citizens through this tragedy and disaster. Together, we must reach out our hands, our hearts and our wallets to help the people who are under threat from this natural disaster. Several organizations have been formed to...

I thought I'd start a thread or at least a post that maybe the moderators can keep visible to all as a reminder for us all to keep Gov Sarah Palin and her family in thier prayers. After all she is looking like the answer to all of ours. The onslaught that has begun against Gov Palin and her family by the democrats and thier willing accomplices in the MSM will be ruthless, relentless, and totallyy undeserving. I believe Mrs Palin is a girl of grit and can hold her own yet I pray that her family can sustain the...

Marine Robert Lamica was getting ready for his second deployment to Iraq on Monday. So his parents drove to North Carolina to bring his wife and the couple's belongings back to Massachusetts. During the trip home to Florence, the family stayed at a motel in Delaware. ~snip~ Lamica says, "Everything they own is on that truck and in the trailer, all of his Iraq medals all of his Iraq pictures, their wedding pictures, their furniture, their clothes, everything they own is on that truck."

I'd like everyone to know that Cajungirl is in a potentially life-threatening crisis/illness. She is a dear friend to me and others here know her by her humor and impressive writing. (We met during the hilarious Runaway Bride debacle, and C.G. gave us some hilarious instruction about Southern Culture and weddings and flatware!) Few here know, and she never tells about herself, but she is a very accomplished woman in the healing profession. She has spent her life doing good works. She loves life, her husband, daughters, and grandchildren. Recently she partially retired and she and her husband have had...

Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious". Mississippi state troopers told showbiz website TMZ.com that Freeman was involved in the crash at around 11.30pm local time on Sunday (5.30am BST), north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is being treated. An unidentified female passenger was also in the car and her condition was not known. The hospital, commonly...

An Update!Jer. 18:7-8 “If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from it’s evil, I will repent of the evil I intended to do to it.” Sept 28 to Oct 4 is a week for all Christians to come together for prayer and fasting! "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and...

Dear Freepers, Please pray for my niece. She delivered twins at 5 months today. The first was still born. I can't imagine how she is feeling. The only thing I can think of to do is send up many prayers. Thanks.

  Urgent prayer request From Snykerz | 07/16/2008 12:56:06 AM PDT Dearest Prayer Warriors:It’s been a long time since I have posted here on Freerepublic, but I remember how much you had helped me out with the prayers I had requested for my older sister Sherryl, and she is doing well. Now here I am again asking for your help.My younger sister “Lori” needs all the prayers that anyone can spare. She was admitted to the hospital ( Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Ca) a little over a week ago with a kidney infection, which turned into Gram Negative...

Well, I'm just home from the ER and my sister Michelle needs your prayers. She had a teriible headache at work today. By the time she got home she was achy all over and feverish. She drove herself to the ER about 7:30. She had to be in a LOT of pain to actually want to go to the hospital. She called my Mother when she went in and made her promise not to call me because I was planning to leave town for a weeks vacation fishing and carrying on. Thank goodness, Mom didn't listen to her. When I...

Subject: Urgent Prayer Request Dear Family and Friends, I am writing to you today with a sense of urgency. I am asking that you pray for myself, my unit, and all coalition forces. Some of you may have heard through the news that the Taliban recently had a prison break in Kandahar City. Those reports are accurate. Between 500 to 1000 insurgents have escaped and are currently regrouping. I ask for prayers for protection for all of us and for all of the local nationals in Kandahar. We have received reports that the Taliban is going to try to attempt...

Vermonter is very ill, he has pancreatic and liver cancer. Please pray for our friend and one of the best freepers ever.

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then...

Fellow FReepers, My wife is up in upstate NY caring for her dying father. She and her sister are trying to make him comfortable at his home during his final days. She's an RN and fully understands his condition. He won't go to the hospital. He's had a pacemaker for over twenty years. He's very weak and she said, "He's going to die tonight!" He may not die but is in very bad shape. She is a good woman who needs help from God to help get her through this. Thanks, Ray

On Sunday, August 3, 3008, I am calling for a National Day of Prayer and Repentance. America has turned its back on God and I fear God has turned His face from us. Christians and Jews, we are the last "minority" it's safe to scorn and mock. No longer. It is time for us to reclaim our rightful Godly heritage and help return our nation to its ROOT, in the one, true God. Let us get on our knees on August 3, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time (7:00 a.m. Pacific) - at the same moment across the nation -...

DEARBORN, Mich. — Elias Al-Karim says he’s always gotten along well with his neighbors, who are evangelical Christians. But he was angered recently to learn that they had added his name, and the names of his wife and children, to Community Faith Center’s corporate prayer list. Elias called the church to complain. "We do not want prayer from Christians, and we did not ask for it," he told a reporter. "It’s a violation to pray for someone without their knowledge or consent." To ease tensions, the church did what many churches and ministries are increasingly doing: started a "do not...

Remember to take some time for prayer. This is the Lord's will. The worlds smallest bird, a hummingbird and as mentioned in the Bible, a sparrow, is always being noticed and looked upon by God.

A tear glistens in the corner of US President George W. Bush's eye as he makes remarks during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 26, 2008. QUOTE OF THE DAY President Bush Attends Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day Commemoration THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Mr. Secretary, thank you for the kind introduction. Members of my Cabinet, members of the administration, Admiral Mullen, members of the United States Congress, Senator Warner and Congressman Skelton, members of the military, our veterans, honored guests, families of the fallen: Laura and I are honored to be with you on Memorial...

Some of you know I physically cared for my mother for years. I want you to know that she passed away Tuesday, May 20, and I laid her to rest Friday in Colleyville (Fort Worth), Texas, next to my father.It is fitting at any time, but especially so this Memorial Day, to write a few words about her.She was 86.The World War II generation.The most important thing to her is that she was a Christian. The greatest love of doing in her life was teaching Bible classes to children and women. At that she was masterful, and even spent years...

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history. 2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Two New Zealand pilots whose plane ran out of fuel landed on a wing and a prayer, literally, local media reported on Wednesday. Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson from Blenheim, at the top of the South Island about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Wellington, were in a microlight plane when the engine cut out. "When you're in a microlight if you crash, you usually die. I turned to O B (Wilson) and he said we had no fuel," Stubbs told the Marlborough Express newspaper. "I asked what we should do. He said: 'You just pray Grant.'"...

Hello Freepers: I am about to be laid off from work. I had an interview last week but it went to an insider. More job applications are in the works. Hopefully something comes up. Could you guys say a few prayers for me? Thank you so much!!

<p>Can we please have a civilized thread offering our prayers for Sen. Kennedy and his family? He has just been diagnosed with brain cancer (glioma) which has a very poor prognosis. The moderators have already been forced to pull at least FOUR threads on this topic due to uncivilized posters. If you feel the urge to post something unkind, don't.</p>

BOSTON - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures. ADVERTISEMENT Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma. His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy. "I'm really sad," former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.,...

AMERICANS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class George W. Koon of Leesville, S.C. Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class Jack O. Tye of Loyall, Ky.

here is the leatest info. Picher, OK Several people have been reported killed in Picher after at least five tornadoes reportedly touched down Saturday in eastern Oklahoma, officials said. The south end of the city has been completely destroyed. Medical examiners are on their way to the area, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatcher said. Troopers are helping local authorities with search and rescue operations in the area. 2) At least 3 dead in SW MO 3) Major damage reports coming in on the SE side of Stuttgart AR

From How Do I Start the First Saturdays?Why are there five First Saturdays and not seven, or nine? Lucia once asked this question of Our Lord and received as an answer: “My daughter, the motive is simple, there are five kinds of offences and blasphemies uttered against the Immaculate Heart of Mary: (1) blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception (2) blasphemies against Her Virginity (3) blasphemies against Her Divine Maternity (4) blasphemies in the hearts of those who openly seek to foster in the hearts of children indifference or even hatred for this Immaculate Mother (5) the offences of those who...

Prayers needed for our FReeper FRiend redrock. Mike was diagnosed with esophageal cancer about 5 weeks ago. He has finished his first round of chemo, and just started the second. Many of you have been praying for him behind the scenes. "I appreciate all the 'incognito' prayers....I know they make a difference."The first round was rough, the second looks to be rougher. He and his wife would appreciate your prayer support.How Great Thou Art

I have just received word that my niece is in the hospital and in very, very, very bad health. Her liver has failed and her kidneys are now failing. She is on the transplant list, but without a new liver she won’t be leaving the hospital. Please join with me in lifting her up to God for His healing and blessing, asking for a new liver for her. Prayers for her family are also appreciated.

Sad to say that an active Freeper, Rte66, has passed away. I am her sister and have been a lurker for many years. At this point we don't know exactly what happened but it seems to be natural causes. Please keep her in your prayers. I will post her obit in coming days. If anyone needs more info they can email me here. A memorial service is pending. Thank you for being her "online family". This was her lifeline for many years. And thank you all so much for your help to her. She was much loved and she will...

The best-known invocation in Christianity has its roots firmly in Jewish tradition. And, some believe the very public liturgy was meant as a protest against fixed, statutory, public prayer. Maybe McGuinty has a point Lord, what a fuss over a prayer. "So plainly simple, natural, and spontaneous," the Catholic Encyclopedia lauds the Lord's Prayer, yet, at a mere 57 words (in the original Greek), such a magnet for controversy in Ontario. The prayer's fall from public grace began in 1988, when the Ontario Court of Appeal, citing the province's multicultural nature, struck down a regulation that required public schools to...

Matt Moore, a fire captain in Murrieta, Calif., became seriously ill in November and doctors were initially baffled as to what was causing his sickness, according to the report. Moore, 43, is on life-support in a critical-care unit in San Diego. Late last month, doctors, using a brain biopsy, pinpointed the illness to parasitic meningoencephalitis, an extremely rare infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris, it is reported. "This has been a total nightmare," Moore's wife Sherry Moore, 42, told the Press Enterprise. "He's very, very sick, and the prognosis just doesn't look good. At this point, we're all...

Our local refinery just blew up. It's a bad one folks! I have allot of friends out there. Please Pray for them.

Isaiah 43:25-46 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

A very good friend of mine is in urgent need of prayers. She is faced with a pregnancy that will not survive and will probably kill her. Her baby is developing with it's brain out side of it's skull. Her doctor has told her she needs to abort the baby as soon as possible as there is evidently some risk to herself as well. I know that there are many prayer warriors here at FR so I turned to you. Thank you in advance for the prayers.

My mom, at about 87, is going into Hospice tonight. She has "outlived the hardware" and has had a wandering mind for the past few years, but it has come to a head in the past 9 months or so, after my parents decided to get her a new knee. We have discovered all kinds of things dad wasn't mentioning after this point...aparently her kidneys were on the way to failing before the knee, and we found out about the problem when they did and she went into regular dialysis. She has been frail and in a nursing home for...

Dear friend and FReeper nunya bidness has died. It happened last week. It was a heart attack. He was 44. He will be buried tomorrow in Columbia, MD.

I found some Scripture references pertaining to the 2004 Presidential Election at the Presidential Prayer Team website. But the actual Scriptures were left out; only the references and the way in which we could apply them were listed. So I added the Scriptures (all are from the NIV). Many of us here are so concerned about the outcome of Tuesday's election. So PLEASE consider taking these Scriptures (and distributing to others, if you feel so compelled) to pray them for our country: Prayers for Election O God, Your plans are firm, faithful and forever. The purposes of Your heart prevail...

<p>AUSTIN, Texas — A 7-year-old boy is in critical condition after being found hanging by his shirt collar from a clothing hook in a charter school's dressing room, and police tried to determine Thursday whether it was an attack or an accident.</p>

Prayers needed for our FReeper FRiend stephenjohnbanker.He has been diagnosed with cancer and is having trouble with his kidneys.How Great Thou Art

Please spare a thought for my Dad, Freeper Ax, who is undergoing triple bypass surgery as we speak. It came suddenly, he had an appointment on Monday, and he is on the table today. I wll be unable to reply, because we are at the hospital now. Again, thanks for your thoughts, Patrick Truax

I'm sitting here in a Hospital on the Big Island with the only thing keeping me sane being my laptop an Free Republic I brought the family down from Alaska, and flew my son in from collage to have a couple weeks of sun, golf and diving. My back has been hurting for a couple of weeks and I have been doing the useual therapy with strtching, ice and Advil to no avail. I woke up the other night with excruciating pain and unable to stand or walk. Now I'v been in pain before, I've been a Firefighter for 30+...

Five members of a Maryland family died late yesterday when their minivan was hit head-on by a pickup truck going the wrong way on a Toledo, Ohio-area interstate, according to the Toledo Blade. Bethany Griffin, 36, and Jordan Griffin, 10, of Parkville, Md., to the northeast of Baltimore, were pronounced dead at the scene, along with Lacie Burkman, 7, and Haley Burkman, 10, police sources told the Blade. Lacie and Haley Burkman are from Redford, Mich., according to the Associated Press. Six-month-old Vadi Griffin was pronounced dead after being taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. Danny Griffin, 36, of...